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NightWatcher

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31. But we are the Home of the Whopper

Sun Jan 12, 2014, 12:22 AM

Jan 2014

Where more people voted for American Idol than for the President of the United States.

We've failed civics class.

We've failed economics class.

We're not going to strike unless it's because CBS cancels Survivor or McDonalds cancels the Big Mac.

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What Do You Think It Would Take For The U.S. To Hold A Successful, General Strike ??? [View all] WillyT Jan 2014 OP

Oh my firsttimer Jan 2014 #1

To answer your question it would get bloody firsttimer Jan 2014 #2

No need. It would never happen. BainsBane Jan 2014 #34

That's pretty much my take on "general strikes" in the US. Doesn't seem to be our tradition. Hekate Jan 2014 #49

Way more people who actually have a set. nt Zorra Jan 2014 #3

It'd be easy for me to get on board--I'm not employed. panader0 Jan 2014 #4

Hard shut down production TexasProgresive Jan 2014 #5

You shut down ports firsttimer Jan 2014 #7

Yes. nt TBF Jan 2014 #24

And everyone who can't buy the latest greatest toy clffrdjk Jan 2014 #45

An alternate reality AnalystInParadise Jan 2014 #6

This *might* do it Fumesucker Jan 2014 #8

Some Art, Some History... WillyT Jan 2014 #9

Sometimes all it takes is balls firsttimer Jan 2014 #12

What would be the reason and what would be the goal? legcramp Jan 2014 #10

Well... For Starters... Our Wages Have Not Kept Up With Our Production... WillyT Jan 2014 #15

So who do you blame for that ? Corporations or the people who are bought off by them firsttimer Jan 2014 #19

THE RICH BUY OFF THE PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON senseandsensibility Jan 2014 #21

That's because of laws passed by free trade , wages , pension laws , 401K's , IRS tax codes etc... firsttimer Jan 2014 #22

So... The Nature Of The Rich Is To Be Predatory... And Buying Off The Congress Is Their Nature... WillyT Jan 2014 #27

I don't elect the rich ... I elect congressmen , senators and Presidents firsttimer Jan 2014 #29

You elect the people the rich have already chosen. El_Johns Jan 2014 #36

yeah firsttimer Jan 2014 #38

Basically the usual suspects, eh. Those are nearly everyone's top contributors. El_Johns Jan 2014 #39

They pay everyone off , both parties firsttimer Jan 2014 #40

I agree they're bribes. No bribes, no election. The system IS legalized bribery. El_Johns Jan 2014 #41

the rich buy the people who make the laws FatBuddy Jan 2014 #47

A more engaged, less self-indulgent citizenry? pscot Jan 2014 #11

Understanding who the real enemy is (which of course is what the 1% spends most time on preventing). Gidney N Cloyd Jan 2014 #13

A completely different culture and history, is what it would take. Spider Jerusalem Jan 2014 #14

A great awakening of the general popluace to the methods of manipulation Skip Intro Jan 2014 #16

It's going to have to get much worse for lots more ppl before there's ample momentum Doremus Jan 2014 #17

People must understand that it is possible agent46 Jan 2014 #18

70% of workers are in the service sector FarCenter Jan 2014 #20

We are six times the size of France. NightWatcher Jan 2014 #23

But We... Are The Home Of The Brave... The Land Of The Free... We Kicked Out The Monarchy... WillyT Jan 2014 #25

But we are the Home of the Whopper NightWatcher Jan 2014 #31

The only thing that might motivate people to go on a general doc03 Jan 2014 #26

People would need to become aware of income inequality in the first place, then become aware Squinch Jan 2014 #28

They would need to bring back the draft. CFLDem Jan 2014 #30

it is simply not plausible within the American political culture - it is not going happen in the Douglas Carpenter Jan 2014 #32

presumably it's "revolution-proof"--but us masses went up a steeper slope 1928-38 MisterP Jan 2014 #37

Most of the people in my area are so fast asleep, I'm afraid I can't readily imagine it. snot Jan 2014 #33

Depending on how it's handled . . . Brigid Jan 2014 #35

Pensions being gutted wholesale, DevonRex Jan 2014 #42

Mass starvation LadyHawkAZ Jan 2014 #43

Nationwide shutdown of Spirochete Jan 2014 #44

Seems Americans have become pacifists in the past 40 some years, BobUp Jan 2014 #46

Never happen! Coyotl Jan 2014 #48

a disruption or breakdown of the social order would wake people up FatBuddy Jan 2014 #50

A single spark. Scuba Jan 2014 #51

Somebody was hitting the intoxicant of choice Saturday night Android3.14 Jan 2014 #52